Chelsea Celebrate Moses’
African Player Of The Year
Award Nomination

Premier League champions Chelsea havecelebrated Super Eagles forward Victor Moses’ nomination forthe 2017 Aiteo CAF Player of the Year Awards.Chelsea confirmed Moses’ nomination on their officialwebsite.Moses, alongside Eagles’ teammate William Troost-Ekong,are part of the 30-man shortlist released by CAF onWednesday.Al Ahly’s Nigerian striker Junior Ajayi is also included in the30-man list for the best Africa based player.A statement on Chelsea website reads: “Victor Moses isamong the contenders to win the African Footballer of theYear award.“The 30-man shortlist was announced today and Moses, a keyfigure in our Premier League title triumph last season, is incontention to win the prize.“Moses, deployed in a right wing-back role by Antonio Conteat the start of last season, was a regular for the Blues as wesecured the title, with the Nigerian flourishing due to acombination of his natural attacking qualities and the ability todefend in a mature way when the opposition are inpossession.“As well as his success at club level, Moses was an integralpart of the Nigeria squad which qualified for next summer’sWorld Cup finals in Russia. He scored a brace in their 3-1qualifying win over Algeria, as well as netting as they recordeda 4-0 victory against Cameroon.“Moses will be aiming to become only the second Chelseaplayer to lift the award after Didier Drogba took the prize ontwo separate occasions, in 2009 and 2006. Both John MikelObi and Michael Essien finished in the top three at variouspoints.“Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez was last year’s winner.“Votes from a combination of head coaches and technicaldirectors from national teams, as well as members of CAF’s(Confederation of African Football) Technical andDevelopment Committee and a panel of media experts willdetermine the winner.“The winner will be announced at a ceremony in the Ghanaiancapital Accra on 4 January 2018.”